AAT vs. BDN, BRX, BXP, CUZ, DEI, HIW, KRC, PDM, SLG, and VNO
Should you be buying American Assets Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Assets Trust include Brandywine Realty Trust (BDN), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), BXP (BXP), Cousins Properties (CUZ), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Highwoods Properties (HIW), Kilroy Realty (KRC), Piedmont Realty Trust (PDM), SL Green Realty (SLG), and Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
American Assets Trust vs. Its Competitors
American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE:BDN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
American Assets Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Brandywine Realty Trust. Brandywine Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Assets Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Assets Trust has a net margin of 17.57% compared to Brandywine Realty Trust's net margin of -40.97%. American Assets Trust's return on equity of 7.02% beat Brandywine Realty Trust's return on equity.
In the previous week, Brandywine Realty Trust had 2 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Brandywine Realty Trust and 5 mentions for American Assets Trust. American Assets Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Brandywine Realty Trust's score of 0.96 indicating that American Assets Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brandywine Realty Trust has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Brandywine Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Brandywine Realty Trust pays out -50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Brandywine Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Assets Trust presently has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.91%. Brandywine Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.65%. Given Brandywine Realty Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Brandywine Realty Trust is more favorable than American Assets Trust.
90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Brandywine Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
American Assets Trust beats Brandywine Realty Trust on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AAT) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
